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Saturday, 2 July 2011

Shades of Blue

I began by stamping the 'Joie' and the flourish from Stampin' Up in Versamark and heat embossing using clear embossing powder. I sponged over much of the card with Bashful Blue ink, then stamped the splodges also using Versamark and embossed once more with clear embossing powder. The butterflies were stamped with Stormy Sky Distress ink and also embossed. I stamped the small text stamp randomly across the card. I had a range of blue Distress inks and sponged around the embossed images with various shades, before cutting the card into three equal rectangles and inking the edges with some of the darker blue.

There's something about a triptych which I find most satisfying.

The sentiment is from Penny Black and both it and the image are mounted on two shades of blue card and popped on dimensional pads to add definition.

Absolutely beautiful Chrissie, I love the shades of blue you've used and combined with white stamping your card has a very serene look to it.Wonderful stamping Chrissie, and thank you for such a fab challenge,Love Sarita xx

Truly beautiful - and very inspiring! I've not made a triptych before and I really must now I've seen your stunning example. Plus how grand and arty does triptych sound?! Quite satisfying in itself LOL!

Hi there Chrissie, Oh! yes! I can see how much you enjoyed this one, it shows in the result. Gorgeous stamping and blending, absolutely love it and triptychs definitely have style all of their own, magic, Gay xxxGreat challenge again many thanks, x

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I am a retired infant school teacher, who is still not averse to a little cutting, sticking and colouring.
I am a wife of 42 years standing, mum of two and granny of three!
I am the co-creator of ”Less is More” the Clean and Simple challenge blog and design for Happy Little Stampers. Former designer roles include Craft Stamper magazine.
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